Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2021-04-15 Date2021-04-15 PublicationVolume 167, issue 65 Sections174 House · 84 Senate House sections HONORING ARMY BRIGADIER GENERAL ISABEL RIVERA SMITH CHEYENNE MYLA VERHAEGHE TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL "MICKEY" DePALO RECOGNIZING THE FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA TREVOR FIGASZEWSKI PERSONAL EXPLANATION RECOGNIZING MONTAGUE WILDCATS' GIRLS GOLF TEAM STATE TITLE HONORING THE LIFE OF GRACE PUGH ELIAS VAUGHNS RECOGNIZING NORTHWEST INDIANA HIGH-SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS PERSONAL EXPLANATION ANABEL MARTINEZ RECOGNIZING MICHELLE BREWER FOR HER APPOINTMENT TO THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION RECOGNIZING WWII VETERAN LEONARD CROFFORD ON HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY SYDNEY HUYSER PERSONAL EXPLANATION CONGRATULATING THE FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BOWLING TEAM FROM KETTERING, OHIO ON WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ADELAIDE ROMO SONNEMAN PERSONAL EXPLANATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION SYDNEY HARPER RECOGNIZING MADISON DIAMOND'S POWERLIFTING STATE TITLE REMEMBERING CORA CRAWFORD TAYLER PAINE IN RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF THE LIFE OF ELANA THOMAS TRIBUTE TO THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD VINCENT VIGIL PERSONAL EXPLANATION CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF JOHN YOUNG IN RECOGNITON OF THE ANNISTON HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM INSULAR AREA MEDICAID PARITY ACT TREY BELLAMY JOHN LEWIS NIMHD RESEARCH ENDOWMENT REVITALIZATION ACT OF 2021 PERSONAL EXPLANATION PROTECTING INDIAN TRIBES FROM SCAMS ACT HOUSE RESOURCES REPUBLICAN FORUM PROTECTING SENIORS FROM EMERGENCY SCAMS ACT NICHOLAS AND ZACHARY BURT MEMORIAL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING PREVENTION ACT 0F 2021 MICROLOAN IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2021 FRAUD AND SCAM REDUCTION ACT 504 MODERNIZATION AND SMALL MANUFACTURER ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2021 House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE HONORING SHAWN FRIEDKIN BRIGADE 2506 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BORDER WEEK RELIEF FOR ADULT-DISABLED DEPENDENTS REMEMBERING JAMES R. CASH MEDFIELD MODEL BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS RECOGNIZING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ZIGGY WILINSKI SUPPORTING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO CONGRATULATING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHEERLEADING TEAM MAKING EQUAL PAY A REALITY SECURING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER TAKING ACTION TO CLOSE PAY GAP REMEMBERING U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WILLIAM EVANS SUPPORTING WOMEN WITH EQUAL PAY RECOGNIZING HEROIC ACTIONS OF U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE BLOCKING PROPERTY WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIED HARMFUL FOREIGN ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-29) COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT FRAUD AND SCAM REDUCTION ACT NICHOLAS AND ZACHARY BURT MEMORIAL CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING PREVENTION ACT OF 2021 PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT TIMELY REAUTHORIZATION OF NECESSARY STEM-CELL PROGRAMS LENDS ACCESS TO NEEDED THERAPIES ACT OF 2021 PROTECTING SENIORS FROM EMERGENCY SCAMS ACT PROTECTING INDIAN TRIBES FROM SCAMS ACT DEBARMENT ENFORCEMENT OF BAD ACTOR REGISTRANTS ACT OF 2021 ENSURING COMPLIANCE AGAINST DRUG DIVERSION ACT OF 2021 TRIBUTE TO JOE NOVOTNY MICROLOAN IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2021 MICROLOAN TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2021 504 MODERNIZATION AND SMALL MANUFACTURER ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2021 POSTAL NONBANK FINANCIAL SERVICES RECOGNIZING CAPTAIN PATRICK C. POLIS AS TENNESSEE'S SECOND DISTRICT VETERAN OF THE MONTH CARDINAL O'HARA LADY LIONS CAPTURE SCHOOL'S FIRST-EVER STATE BASKETBALL TITLE OPPOSE PACKING THE SUPREME COURT WOMEN STILL DON'T EARN EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK HONORING JACK MARSHALL JONES, JR. CELEBRATING YOM HA'ATZMAUT IN HONOR OF ISRAEL PACKING THE SUPREME COURT IS AN ABSURD PROPOSAL CELEBRATING ISRAEL RECOGNIZING INDIANA'S OUTSTANDING YOUNG ATHLETES ISRAEL'S RESILIENCY CONGRATULATING UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COUGARS BASKETBALL TEAM WHERE ARE THE JOBS KEYSTONE PIPELINE JOBS BIDEN'S CLIMATE EXECUTIVE ORDER BIDEN BANS HIGHLIGHTING DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF ENERGY JOBS HIGH ENERGY COSTS HURT THOSE MOST VULNERABLE CANCELING KEYSTONE HURTS ALREADY WEAKENED ECONOMY PLACATING THE LEFT ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2555 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2556 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2557 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2558 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2559 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2560 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2561 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2562 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2563 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2564 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2547 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2565 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2566 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2567 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2568 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2569 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2570 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2571 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2572 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2573 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2574 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2548 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2575 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2576 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2577 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2578 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2579 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2580 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2581 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2549 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2550 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2551 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2552 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2553 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2554 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2582 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2591 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2592 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2593 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2594 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2595 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2596 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2597 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2598 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2599 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2600 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2583 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2601 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2602 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2603 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2604 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2605 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2606 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2607 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2608 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2609 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.J. Res. 40 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2584 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS TO PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2585 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2586 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2587 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2588 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2589 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 2590 PETITIONS, ETC. Senate sections Senate PRAYER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS NOMINATION OF VANITA GUPTA RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER U.S. SUPREME COURT TRIBUTE TO KATELYN CONNER BUNNING RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME CONCLUSION OF MORNING BUSINESS COVID-19 HATE CRIMES ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED--Resumed COVID-19 HATE CRIMES ACT EXECUTIVE SESSION--MOTION TO PROCEED MOTION TO DISCHARGE (Executive Session) Motion to Discharge (Executive Session) Nomination of Vanita Gupta (Executive Session) COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (Executive Session) Nomination of Vanita Gupta (Executive Session) Afghanistan (Executive Session) Motion to Discharge (Executive Session) Nomination of Vanita Gupta (Executive Session) Motion to Discharge (Executive Session) Nomination of Vanita Gupta (Executive Session) Remembering Douglas Burtell (Executive Session) Nominations of Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke (Executive Session) HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIRING ROBERT MONTGOMERY "BOBBY" KNIGHT AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY MOTION TO DISCHARGE--Continued LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) LEGISLATIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) Cloture Motion (Executive Session) LEGISLATIVE SESSION MORNING BUSINESS 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAY OF PIGS OPERATION TRIBUTE TO ANNE STORDAHL REMEMBERING JIM PUTEK TRIBUTE TO DOMINIC LaJOIE RECOGNIZING HUNTER'S BAR-B-Q MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE MEASURES REFERRED MEASURES PLACED ON THE CALENDAR EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS Introductory Statement on S. 1133 Introductory Statement on S. 1155 Introductory Statement on S. 1161 Introductory Statement on S. 1179 Introductory Statement on S. 1185 Introductory Statement on S.J. Res. 17 SENATE RESOLUTION 157--HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIRING ROBERT MONTGOMERY "BOBBY" KNIGHT AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SENATE RESOLUTION 158--SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK SENATE RESOLUTION 159--DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF APRIL 17, 2021, THROUGH APRIL 25, 2021, AS "NATIONAL PARK WEEK" SENATE RESOLUTION 160--COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CARDINAL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE 2021 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION I WOMEN'S... SENATE RESOLUTION 161--COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ON WINNING THE 2021 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION 1 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SENATE RESOLUTION 162--DESIGNATING APRIL 14, 2021, AS "NATIONAL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS DAY" SENATE RESOLUTION 163--RELATING TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM "BILL" EMERSON BROCK III, FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS Text of Senate Amendment 1441 Text of Senate Amendment 1442 Text of Senate Amendment 1443 Text of Senate Amendment 1444 AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR REAFFIRMING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR REAFFIRMING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MONGOLIA AND RECOGNIZING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEMOCRACY IN MONGOLIA EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH THE SAN ISIDRO MOVEMENT IN CUBA, CONDEMNING ESCALATED ATTACKS AGAINST ARTISTIC FREEDOMS IN CUBA, AND CALLING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS THAT VIOLATE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND... RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY RELATING TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM "BILL" EMERSON BROCK III, FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE APPOINTMENTS ORDERS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021, AT 3 P.M. NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED NOMINATION